Device for facilitating the lubrication of vehicle-springs



G. L. E. K LINGBE'IL DEVICE FOR FACILIIATING THELUBRICATION OF VEHICLE, SPRINGS.

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G. L. E. KLINGBEIL.

DEVICE FOR FACILITATING THE LUBRICATION OF VEHIC LE SPRINGS. APPLICATION FILED IANJB. 1921.

1,382,653. Patented June 28, 1921.

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gnvawto'c UNITED STATES GOTTLIEB L. E. KLINGBEIL, or OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

DEVICE FOR FACILITATING THE LUBRICATION OF VEHICLE-SPRINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 28' 1921 Application filed J 'anuary e, 1921. Serial N5. 435,559.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Go'rrmnn L. E. KLING- BEIL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Facilitating the Lubrication of Vehicle-Springs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for facilitating the lubricating of vehicle springs and it has for its object to provide a structure of the character indicated by means of which the leaves of the springs may be easily and quickly separated a sufiicient distance to permit of a lubricant being inserted between them. This application is a continuation of and an improvement upon the subject matter of my copending application Serial Number 419,786, filed on October 27 1920. The advantages of the present structure will be more fully set forth in the detailed description which follows.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of a spring spreading device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertlcal sectional view upon line 22 of Fig. 1;

' Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view throughthe upper end of one of the standards; and v Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view upon line 44 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals desigtnate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawlng.

In common with the construction illustrated in my copending application above referred to, the present device comprises abase 5 in which a hollow block 6 is mounted to oscillate upon studs 7. Standards 8 and 9 are pivoted at 10 and 11 in theoscillatory or rocking block and means are provlded to swing the standards upon these pivots to bring their upper ends forcibly toward each other. However the present construction differs radically from the former construction in the: connections for imparting such movements tothe standards and in certain of the features which will now be described. Therooking block 6 carries pillow blocks 10 and 11 upon its upper edges in which a transverse shaft 12 is mounted. The outer end of this shaft is angularly formed as. at 13 for the reception of an operating handle 14. A

block 15 is mounted upon and moves with the shaft 12. The upper end of theblock 15 IS COITDGC EBCl by a link 16 with a lever 17 that is pivoted at 18 to the standard 9. The upper end of the lever 18 is connected by a link 20 with a pivot 21 of standard 8. The lower end of the block 15 has a link 22 pivotedthereto at 23 and the other end of this is pivotally connected at 24 to a lever 25. The lever 25 is in turn pivoted at 26 to the standard 8. The upper end of the lever 25 is pivoted at 27 to a link 28 and this link is in turn pivoted at 29 to the standard 9. Thus a downward swinging movement of the handle 14 will force the upper ends of the standards 8' and 9 toward each other and this action will be a very powerful one due to the fact that the pivots 18 and 26 are closer to the upper ends of the levers 17 and 25 than to the lower ends thereof.

Vertical rods 30 are movable through the cap plates 31 of the standards 8 and 9 and may be held in varyingpositions of vertical adjustment by means of spring actuated, rods or detents 32 which are forced inwardly by springs 33, said springs bearing between collars 34 upon said rods 32 and abutments 35 carried by the standards.

The lower ends of the rods 30 carry blocks 36 and springs 37 encircle the rods and bear between the blocks 36 and cushioning blocks 38, the latter being slidable with respect to the rods 30. A plurality of wedges 39 is mounted upon each of the rods 30 and the rear ends of the wedges carry transverse pins 40, the projecting ends of which are engaged by fiat springs 41. These springs tend to thrust the wedges 39 rearwardly and to holdthe front walls 42 of slots 43, formed insaid wedges, against the rods 30. This provides such a frictional mounting of the wedges as to cause them to remain in any position'to which they may be adjusted with respect to each other, while permitting them to be readily. shifted from one position to another. Thus they may be easily and quickly adjusted to suit the number of leaves of the springs being treated, the thickness of said leaves and, to a certain degree the difference of the spring as a whole from the ground. When the handle 14 is operated to bring the upperends of the standards forcibly toward each other, these wedge elements 39 enter between and force the leaves of the springs apart to permit of the insertion of, The aforesaid a lubricant therebetween.

method of mounting the wedges with respect vto the standards achieves important results in that the elongated slots 43 permit the wedges to move to varying positions of angularity with respect to the standards. At the time that the standards begin to move toward the springs for the purpose of forcing the wedges between the. leaves of the spring, the standards lie at a slight angle to the vertical and thus the wedges, if

they were rigidly connected to the standards would lie at anangle to the horizontal. .By reason of their capability of moving readily to varying positions of angularity with respect to the standards, they are caused to automatically seek the path of least resistance and thus, as they move into position be tween the leaves of the spring, they assume positions in substantial parallelism with the surfaces of said leaves.

Upon upward movement of the handle 14, the standards will be forced away from each other and to prevent one of the standards from having all of the movement and the other standard from sticking, the outward movement of the standards is limited by transverse plates 44 which may beplaced in grooves 45 or 46 formed in the side, 7 walls of the rocking block 6.

After the standard 9, for example, has beeamQved outwardly far enough to strike aga nst the 'plate'44, itlcannot move any farther and thereafter the standard 8 is forced to move.

The reason that grooves 46 are provided in addition to the grooves 45 is that for very wide springs it may be found desirable to shift the pivots lOand 11 to openings 47 and 48 respectivelyformed in the side walls of. the rocking block and in that case the plates willbe shifted from the grooves45, to the grooves 46. I

As a generalzthing the spring spreader is used with the standards vertical and to hold the rocking block6 in such position that the standards will be vertical, I provide studs '49 upon one of the end walls of the block 6,

said studs being adapted to enter openings "50 formed in the end wall 51 of the base 5Q In practice I prefer to employ two of the studs 49, though only one is illustrated. By screwing up upon the nut 52, the block 6 will be shifted as a whole toward the left and the studs 49 will be engaged in the openings 50. If, upon the other hand, it be desired to support the structure in such position that the standards 8 and 9 will lie at an angle to the vertical to operate upon I springs the leaves of which are not horizonv,ment with any one of the openings 56,57 or 58 of the end. wall of the rocklng block.

tal, nut 52 may be loosened and nut 53' screwed up to shift the block 6 tothe right. This will bring studs or projections 54- upon the end wall 55 of the base 5 into engage- This providesffor the adjustment of the rocking block to varying angles with re-,

'spect to the base 5.

- 'It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but that it includes withinits purview whatever changes fairly come within either the terms Or the spirit of thelappendedf,

claims. I 7

Having described my invention, what I claim is: a v

1. A device of the character described comprising a base a pair of standards pivoted at their lower ends upon said base, means for forcing the upper ends of the'standards toward and from each other and a plurality 'of independently adjustable wedge elements combination with spring means for frictionally holding said wedge elements in theirvarying positions of adjustment with respect to each other, and means for simultaneously elevating all' of said wedge elements. I

5.1a, structure as and cushioning elements carried by said recited in claim 1, in combination w1th. vert cally movable rods rods and adapted to engage the lowermost of said wedge elements, vertical movementofsaid rods serving to simultaneously elevate all ofsaid wedge elements.

6. A device of the character described comprising a supporting base, a pair, of

standards pivoted at their lower ends to said base, a transverse shaft, an operating handle'for said shaft, a rocking block movable with said shaft, power increasing link and lever connections between the block and I the standards whereby movement of the shaft moves the standards toward and from each other andwedge elements at the upper ends offsaid' standards adapted to enterbe tween the leaves of a spring.

1 7. The combination with a base, of'a pair 9 of standards pivotally connected .to' said base .to move towardand from each other,

a transverseshaft supported from said base,

an operating handle connected to the transverse'shaft, a block connected to said trans verse shaft and movable therewith, links pivotally connected to the upper'and lower ends, of said block, levers pivoted to the standards intermediate their ends and to which said'links are pivotally connected at thelowerends of said leversand linksp'ivotally connected to the upper ends of said levers and to the respective standards.

8. A structure as recited in claim 7 in combination with a plurality of vertically adjustable wedge elements at the upper end of each of said standards. 7

9. The combination with a base, of a pair of standards pivotally connected thereto at their lower ends, wedges carried by the upper ends of the standards adapted to enter between the leaves of a spring, manually operable means for moving the upper ends of the standards toward and from each other and abutments carried by the base or limiting the movement of the standard way from each other.

10. A structure as recited in claim 9 in combination with means for adjusting said limiting means.

11. The combination with a base comprising a fixed elementand a rocking block mounted therein, of means for adjusting said rocking block to varying positions of angularity with respect to the remainder of the base, a pair of standards pivoted at their lower ends within the rocking block, abutments carried by the rocking block inwardly of the ends of said block for limiting the outward movement of the standards and manually operable means for moving the standards toward and from each other.

12. A structure as recited in claim 11in combination with a plurality of vertically adjustable and frictionaily held wedge elements at the upper ends of the standards.

13. A structure as recited .in claim 11 wherein the operating means of the standards comprises a transverse shaft, a block movable therewith, a pair of levers one pivoted to each of the standards, links pivotally connected to said block and to said levers and links pivotally connected to said levers and to the standards. I

, 14. A device of the character described consisting of a base comprising a stationary part and 'a rockin block mounted therein,

mleans for binding the rocking block in varying positions of angularity with respect to the fixed part, a pair of standards, means 'for pivoting said standards to the rocking .a pair of levers One pivoted to each of the standards, said links being pivotally connected to the lower ends of said levers, links pivotally connected to the upper ends of said levers and to the opposite standards and wedge elements upon the upper ends of the standards adapted to enter between the leaves of a spring.

15. A device of the character described comprising a pair of standards, means for forcing said standards toward each other and a plurality of independently adjustable wedges mounted adjacent the upper end of each of said standards, said wedges being capable of movement to varying positions of angularity with respect to said standards.

16. A structure as recited in claim 15 in combination with means for frictionally holding the wedges in varying positions of adjustment.

17. A device of the character described comprising a pair of pivoted standards, means for forcing the upper ends of said standards toward each other, a vertical-rod carried by each of said standards, a plurality of wedges mounted adjacent the upper end of each of said standards and having elongated slots formed therein through which said rods pass, springs carried by said standards, elements carried by said wedges against which said springs bear and a base upon which the lower ends of said standards are pivoted.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GOTTLIEB L. E. KLINGBEIL.

Witnesses:

MARTHA F. MYERS, MAUDE C. COREY. 

